Washing-iviachine



(No Model.) E. .W. BUSH.

WASHING MASEINE. No. 289,615 Patented Dec. 4, 1883'.

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EDW'ABD W. BUSH, OF ARMSTRONG, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,615, datedDecember4, 1888.

Application filed April 27, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, EDWARD WALTER BUsn, of Armstrong, in the county ofHoward and State of Missouri, have invented a new and ImprovedWashing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. The object of the invention is to produce such combinationsof parts as will facilitate the application of rubbing devices to anordinary wash-tub. This combination will first be described inconnection with the drawings, and all else which is necessary to a fullunderstanding of the invention, and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor-'responding parts in all the figures.

Figurelis a cross-sectional elevation of my improved washing-machine.Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same on the line as m, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail elevation and sectional view of the device forholding the false bottom in the tub.

On the upper surface of the bottom A of a wash-tub, B, of the usualconstruction, two cleats, G, are fastened, under the projecting parts ofwhich the rabbeted end of a crossbar, D, of a frame, D, can be passed,which frame is to rest on the bottom of the tub, and is held in place bythe cleats. On the frame D a false bottom, E, is fastened, which fitsclosely in the tub, and is provided on its upper surface with a seriesof radial ribs or ridges, F, of different lengths. Between the ridgesthe false bottom E is provided with numerous apertures, G. On the middleof the false bottom E an upwardly-proj ecting rod, H, is fastened, theupper end of which passes loosely through an eye, J, formed at the upperunited ends of two braces, K, provided at their lower ends with forks K,adapted to be passed on the upper edge of the tub. The upper end of therod is thus held so that it will always remain vertical. A sleeve, L,surrounding the rod H, is formed on the upper united ends of two arms,M, having their lower ends secured to the upper surface of a revolvingdisk, N, fitting in the tub, and provided on its under surface withradial ridges F, like the ridges F of false bottom E.

The rotating rubbing= (No model.)

disk N is provided with numerous apertures, G. The rod H is providedwith a longitudinal feather or spline, P, and the collar or sleeve L,and a washer, Q, on the upper surface of the disk N, and the disk areprovided with vertical grooves B, through which the said spline canpass. The collar or sleeve L is provided with a handle, S. On the innerside of the tub latches T are pivoted, which can be passed into recessesin the edges of the false bottom to lock the same in place and preventthe same from turning.

The operation is as follows: The clothes to be washed are spread evenlyon the false bottom E, and the disk Nis lowered on the clothes,

the tub is partly filled with water, and the disk N is rocked to and froin the horizontal plane by means of the handle S, whereby the clotheswill be thoroughly rubbed and washed. The dirt washed from the clothespasses, with the heavy dirty water, through the apertures Gin the falsebottom E, and collects in the bottom A below the false bottom, andcannot again mix with the water, so that the suds will be cleanedforreceiv'ing the next tub-full of clothes.

The disk N'is held on the clothes by turning the collar L in such amanner that the spline P can pass up through the groove R in the collar.The upper edge of the collar will then be below the lower end of thespline, and if the collar is turned the'spline prevents it from rising.Caremust be taken not to turn the collar to such an extent that thespline can pass through the groove R. In a like manner the collar can beheld above the spline. If the disk N, (the braces K having beenpreviously removed from the tub B and shaft 1?, when the collar L isgrasped by the hand, and by pulling upward thereon the said disk, withits adj unctive parts, is lifted out of the tub off the shaft H,) is tobe removed, the same and the collar L are'turned until the spline P canpass through the slots R in the collar andin the washer Q.

After the machine has been used, all parts can be easily and rapidlytaken from the tub, which can then be cleaned thoroughly.

The confined air can escape through the apertures G in the rubbing-disk,thus allowing the weight of the disk to press more forcibly on theclothes.

I am aware that ribbed rubbers-one roek- I tom, E, having a central rod,H, with spline ing or rotary and the other stationaryare P, and arocking rubber having the collar L, very old in washing-machines; also,that they with groove R, whereby the rocking rubber have beenperforated, and the lower one made may be held at the desired distanceabove the 5 to form a false bottom elevated above the true stationaryone, as described.

bottom of the tub but What I do claim as new and of my inven- EDWARDBUSH tion is Witnesses:

In awashing-maehine, the combination, with J osEPH B. FUGATE,

10 a wash-tub, of a stationary rubber or false b0t- J. 'I. HUME.

